Chapter 250: Obedient Australians
"Michael, are you confident of winning tonight?"
"Of course, this is my home turf. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Do you have the confidence to defeat Don?"
"Of course, this is my home turf and I don't want to repeat the answer. ”
Non-Pooles's interviews in training are the same as in the American media, and even though Tang Hao is hot and looks invincible right now, they don't think Tang Hao can win in the butterfly event ruled by the flying fish.
"The Flying Fish is the last hurdle for the U.S. Dream Team to defend their honor, and at the same time the hardest hurdle!" wrote Fox Sports.
"No one can beat Phelps in the butterfly, and before he retired, we all knew he was going to rule the sport. CBS sports media contributors have made a public statement.
"Not only is Flying Fish the greatest swimmer of all time, he can even take the word swimming out, we can question a lot of things, but there is no doubt that if you want to beat Flying Fish in the butterfly, you can't beat Flying Fish at the top of your rope unless he's Kathy Green!" joked ABC, the largest sports media in the United States.
American newspapers, as always, praised Phelps, and Chinese media and netizens also showed no weakness this time,-for-tat.
"Listen, who's cheering on the field in London, who are they cheering for, Tang Hao, Jesus! He is invincible!" Yang Jian, a well-known Chinese sportsman, said publicly on his personal Weibo.
"Fei Poole is the greatest swimmer of all time, and one of the greatest athletes, but Tang Hao, there is no doubt that he will be the greatest athlete of all time, there is no one. "The attitude of CCTV Sports Newspaper has never been clearer.
"Tang Hao won't win the championship, I'll live chop it! Tang Hao won, I'll broadcast the sleeping goddess!" A certain portal website JR has a tough attitude.
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The media of the two countries are going-for-tat, and it is in this atmosphere that the fourth day of the Olympic Games officially begins.
On this day, there will be eight preliminaries for men and women and four finals, including the 200m butterfly.
However, in fact, in addition to participating in the 200-meter butterfly preliminaries, Tang Hao also has to participate in the preliminaries of the 200-meter breaststroke and the top 32 of the individual archery competition.
Although there was no conflict in time, it was also the day when he tested his physical strength the most.
In the morning, the 200m butterfly and breaststroke preliminaries were held.
The 200-meter breaststroke started first, and Tang Hao's performance was stable, winning the second place in the group and successfully advancing to the semifinals in the afternoon.
After a break of more than an hour, the breaststroke competition ended, and the preliminaries of the 200m butterfly began.
Perhaps influenced by the pre-race media and reporters, Phelps, who had reservations in the preliminaries, played well and swam a best of 1:53.31 this year.
Tang Hao also did not give in, he came out after Phelps, and finally swam a personal best of 1:54.00.
The preliminaries have just begun, and the two sides are already in a state of tension.
In the semifinals in the afternoon, Tang Hao and Phelps were still in different groups, but their performance was similar to that in the morning, winning the top two groups and advancing to the finals in the evening.
After Tang Hao finished the semifinals, he went to participate in the individual archery elimination tournament without much rest.
Tang Hao's opponent in this round is Hideki Kikuchi from the island country.
Although Kikuchi's strength is good, there is obviously still a big gap between him and Tang Hao.
In this round, it is not difficult for Tang Hao to win.
However, just as Tang Hao rushed to the archery range, the Australian players had a meeting in the locker room.
The meeting was organised by James Magnussen, captain of the Australian swim team.
The main members of the meeting were Sullivan, Taggett, Roberts, Mike Woy and D'Orsogge in the 4x100m relay.
"Ronnie talked to me today, I don't think I need to say what I should know, right?" Magnussen's mood was not high.
"Have we ever won a gold medal, or have we ever won a medal on our men's team?" said Taggart, self-deprecatingly.
"yes, we haven't won a medal yet, damn it, I don't know what's going on with us!" Sullivan cursed.
"Obviously, we don't seem to be in shape. Robster chimed in.
"Actually, we have a chance to get the 4X200m relay card, hateful Chinese!" Taggart scolded angrily at this time.
"That drugged guy, he's the darling of all Britain right now, he must have used something that wasn't on the list, otherwise you would believe he could do all this? Anger, do you believe it? Mike, do you believe it? James, do you believe it? I don't believe it anyway. Sullivan was also a little angry.
"Well, there must be a dirty deal in this!" Mike Voye said angrily.
"So, what do we do now?" Magnussen didn't say until the team had finished speaking.
As soon as Magnussen said this, the team members were all silent, yes, they couldn't help it, what could they do, they were also desperate!
"Damn!" Mike Voy couldn't think of a solution, his teammates couldn't think of a way, and he finally slammed the table in anger.
"Why don't we find an opportunity to get rid of that Chinese guy?" said Deozog, who had not spoken.
"Hahaha~"
D'Orsog's words immediately drew a burst of laughter from the rest of the team.
"Kony, you've done a great job of lightening the mood, but to be honest, that guy is a swimmer and a boxer, and he won the gold medal at the World Championships, so I don't think any of us can beat him. "Sullivan is rare at this time.
"Okay, no kidding, if we don't show results, I'm afraid we're all going to get out of the swim team. Magnussen was obviously not interested in joking with the others, and said with a serious expression.
"There's really nothing we can do, James. Robster said helplessly.
"No, we have a solution. At that moment, D'Osog suddenly spoke again.
"Oh, my Kone, what have you come up with to amuse us again?" Taggut looked at him speechlessly.
Not only him, but everyone else looked at their substitute with a playful expression.
"No, that's really a solution. Deosog paused for a moment, and after all the other eyes were on him, he spoke, "Sinoth." ”
As soon as the word came out, the playfulness on the faces of the others disappeared, first shock, then silence, and finally relief.
No one spoke, but it was clear that each of them was going through the same psychological changes.
"So, Snoth, is that our last choice?" Magnussen grimaced, and it was clear that the new core of the Australian team needed to prove something.
"Although Sinos is banned from above, it is not on the list of banned drugs in the Olympic Games, and Chinese can use some drugs that we don't know, so why can't we?" D'Osog continued at this time.
Kony has a point. Sullivan said after a moment of silence.
Others have expressed their opinions, this time, they did not laugh or ridicule, and the opinion space has been.
"So, Snow, that's it, no one is allowed to say it. Magnussen said one last word of warning.
The others nodded.
No one knows what happened in the locker room, but if Tang Hao knew, he would definitely laugh.
remembered what he said to the media at the beginning: I am waiting for you at the London Olympics, even if you are cured of drugs, I can defeat you.
Really, obedient Australians!